Evanston man charged in North Side sex assault

A north suburban man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman on a CTA Red Line platform Sunday, police said.

Barry A. Marquez, 28, of the 2300 block of Bradley Place in Evanston, has been charged with criminal sexual abuse/force after the sexual assault about 5:15 p.m. Sunday on the platform at the North/Clybourn Station, 1599 N. Clybourn Ave., in the Goose Island neighborhood on the North Side, police said. Within an hour of the assault, at about 6:06 p.m., police arrested Marquez.

Marquez is expected to appear in bond court Wednesday, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

According to a release from the Chicago Police Department's Office of News Affairs, Marquez may be responsible for similar incidents; they ask anyone with information to call (312) 747-8380. No details were available on those earlier incidents.